ox - oxen
box - boxen
equinox - equinoxen
xerox - xeroxen

Moose -> Moose

Cher -> Cher

I checked out your ma's sweet moof last night 👉😏👉

I'll accept groof if it means we get moof and rooves.

I can groof to that!

Dialectic morphology is a mofo.

eg. "w00t" is a word. 🤮

Linguistics is a descriptive science.

Language though is not science, it's a cultural practice. Adhering to a specific set of rules to signal belonging to a specific cultural subgroup is perfectly normal; and deviation from those rules is not a socially neutral act. When and how you deviate signals a lot of things about you and what you're saying.

That's why slang is fascinating. It always tells a story. Whether it's English Prep School jargon that breached containment, whitewashed AAVL, group in-jokes, unconventional emojis, etc., a slang word says a lot about the person who uses it.

That is to say, if you unironically start saying "rooves", I can't say whether you'll start a trend that will ultimately change English forever (weirder things have happened). But I can assure you that the immediate effect will be that people will label you "tumblr weirdo". Which would be a correct assessment, so that's effective subtextual communication. Yay linguistics!

I haven't once seen 'rooves' used, let alone be considered as correct.

Wiktionary says it changed in the 17th century, so depending on your definition of "new", sure. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roofs

It doesn't sound weird to me personally, although it does look weird when written out.

One might say it sounds ... goofy.

You beat me to it. When I saw this post I wondered if this is where they got the word from lol

There is a difference, but it depends on accent. I don't think anyone would notice in speech if you switched though

I think there is a slight difference. Ooves is slightly longer and softer sounding than oofs.

f is the voiceless labiodental fricative and v is the voiced labiodental fricative.

Basically for roofs your vocal cords don't vibrate on the final f sound. For rooves your vocal cords vibrate on the final v sound.

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